James Como

James Como (born 1946), professor emeritus of rhetoric and public communication, joined the faculty at York College of the City University of New York (CUNY), in Jamaica, Queens in 1968, where he founded the Speech Communication discipline (writing its curriculum and coordinating it for forty years), and was also chairman and Professor in the Department of Performing and Fine Arts.^[1]

He has published in National Review, The New Criterion and in The Wilson Quarterly, among other venues, on subjects ranging from C. S. Lewis, to rhetorical theory, literature and Peruvian culture. In addition to his books on C. S. Lewis, he has published another seven books that are collections of essays, short stories, poems, a folk novel for children, and a summary of communication concepts and techniques emphasizing conversation (all on Amazon.com).^[2]

A founding member of the New York C. S. Lewis Society (1969), Como has served as an advisor and board member of a number of organizations and journals, both before and since his retirement.

Books about C. S. Lewis

James Como, C. S. Lewis at the Breakfast Table and Other Reminiscences. New edition, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. ISBN 0-15-623207-3
James Como, Branches to Heaven: The Geniuses of C. S. Lewis, Spence, 1998. ISBN 978-1890626013
James Como, Remembering C. S. Lewis (3rd ed. of C. S. Lewis at the Breakfast Table), Ignatius, 2006. ISBN 1586171089
James Como, Why I Believe in Narnia: 33 Reviews & Essays on the Life & Works of C.S. Lewis, Winged Lion Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0972322188
James Como, C. S. Lewis: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2019. ISBN 978-0198828242
James Como, Mystical Perelandra: My Lifelong Reading of C.S. Lewis and His Favorite Book, Winged Lion Press, 2022. ISBN 978-1935688297